Call for Papers: Formal Methods 2014 (FM 2014), Singapore, May 14-16, 2014
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Formal Methods 2014 (FM 2014)
19th International Symposium on Formal Methods
Singapore, May 14-16, 2014
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~pat/FM2014/
FM 2014 is the nineteenth in a series of symposia organized by
Formal Methods Europe, an independent association whose aim is
to stimulate the use of, and research on, formal methods for
software development. The symposia have been notably successful
in bringing together innovators and practitioners in precise
mathematical methods for software and systems development,
industrial users, as well as researchers. Submissions are
welcomed in the form of original papers on research and
industrial experience, proposals for workshops and tutorials,
entries for the exhibition of software tools and projects, and
reports on ongoing doctoral work.
SCOPE AND TOPICS
It will have the goal of highlighting the development and
application of formal methods in connection with a variety of
disciplines such as medicine, biology, human cognitive modeling,
human automation interactions and aeronautics, among others. FM
2014 particularly welcomes papers on techniques, tools and
experiences in interdisciplinary frameworks, as well as on
experience with practical applications of formal methods in
industrial and research settings, experimental validation of
tools and methods as well as construction and evolution of
formal methods tools. The broad topics of interest for FM 2014
include but are not limited to:
Interdisciplinary formal methods: techniques, tools and
experiences demonstrating formal methods in interdisciplinary
frameworks.
Formal methods in practice: industrial applications of formal
methods, experience with introducing formal methods in industry,
tool usage reports, experiments with challenge problems. Authors
are encouraged to explain how the use of formal methods has
overcome problems, lead to improvements in design or provided
new insights.
Tools for formal methods: advances in automated verification and
model-checking, integration of tools, environments for formal
methods, experimental validation of tools. Authors are
encouraged to demonstrate empirically that the new tool or
environment advances the state of the art.
Role of formal methods in software and systems engineering:
development processes with formal methods, usage guidelines for
formal methods, method integration. Authors are encouraged to
demonstrate that process innovations lead to qualitative or
quantitative improvements.
Theoretical foundations: all aspects of theory related to
specification, verification, refinement, and static and dynamic
analysis. Authors are encouraged to explain how their results
contribute to the solution of practical problems.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers will be evaluated by at least three members of the Program
Committee. They should be in Springer LNCS format and describe,
in English, original work that has not been published or submitted
elsewhere. Papers should be submitted through the FM 2014
EasyChair web site.
We solicit two categories of papers:
Regular papers should not exceeding 15 pages (including
appendices), describing fully developed work. Authors of papers
reporting experimental work are strongly encouraged to make their
experimental results available for use by reviewers. Similarly,
case study papers should describe significant case studies and
the complete development should be made available for use by
reviewers.
Tools papers of a maximum of 4 pages should describe an
operational tool and its contributions; 2 additional pages of
appendices are allowed that will not be included in the
proceedings. Tool papers should explain enhancements made
compared to previously published work. A tool paper need not
present the theory behind the tool but can focus more on its
features, and how it is used, with screen shots and examples.
Authors of tools papers should make their tool available for
use by reviewers.
Industry track papers (with a different deadline) should not
exceeding 15 pages (including appendices), describing industrial
applications of formal methods, experience with introducing
formal methods in industry, tool usage reports, experiments with
challenge problems. Authors are encouraged to explain how the
use of formal methods has overcome problems, lead to improvements
in design or provided new insights.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract due: November 7, 2013
Full papers due: November 14, 2013
Acceptance / Rejection Notification: February 1, 2014
Industry Track Submission: January 16, 2014
Industry Track Notification: February 16, 2014
Camera-ready: February 25, 2014
Main Conference Date: May 14-16, 2014
Tutorial / Workshops Date: May 12-13, 2014
CALL FOR TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS and DOC SYMPOSIUM
The organizing committee of FM 2014 thus invites proposals for
half- or full-day tutorials in the broad area of formal methods.
Proposals from industry practitioners or academics are very
welcome; proposals for tutorials on applications of formal
methods to challenging problems are particularly welcome. All
tutorials should focus on providing participants with the
opportunity to learn new techniques, new application domains,
and insightful uses of formal methods. Details on the call for
tutorials can be found at http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~pat/FM2014/cft.html
We are also inviting people to submit proposals for workshops.
The purpose of the workshops is to provide an informal setting
for workshop participants to discuss technical issues, exchange
research ideas, and to discuss and/or demonstrate applications.
These workshops may be driven by fundamental academic interests
or by needs from specific application domains. We encourage a
diversity of workshops relating to different varieties of formal
models. Details on the call for workshops can be found at
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~pat/FM2014/cfp4w.html
A Doctoral Symposium will be held on 12-13th May in conjunction
with the FME Symposium FM2014. This aims to provide a helpful
environment in which selected doctoral students can present and
discuss their ongoing work, meet other students working on
similar topics and receive helpful advice and feedback from a
panel of researchers and academics. Details on the call for
doctoral symposium can be found at
http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~pat/FM2014/cfd.html
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
General Chair
Jin Song Dong, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Cliff B Jones, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Pekka Pihlajasaari, Data Abstraction (Pty) Ltd, South Africa.
Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore.
Doc Symposium Co-Chair
Annabelle McIver, Macquarie University, Australia.
Workshop Chair
Shengchao Qin, University of Teesside, United Kingdom.
Publicity Chair
Jonathan Bowen, London South Bank University, United Kingdom.
Kenji Taguchi, AIST, Japan.
Tutorial Chair
Richard Paige, University of York, United Kingdom.
Program Committee - Main Track
Bernhard Aichernig, Austria.
Richard Banach, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester,
United Kingdom.
Juan Bicarregui, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom.
Andrew Butterfield, Trinity College Dublin, Northern Ireland.
Ana Cavalcanti, United Kingdom.
Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada.
Yu-Fang Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Wei-Ngan Chin, National Univ of Singapore, Singapore.
Dino Distefano, University of London, United Kingdom.
Jim Davies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Frank De Boer, CWI, Netherlands.
José Luiz Fiadeiro, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom.
John Fitzgerald, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Marie-Claude Gaudel, LRI, Univ. Paris-Sud and CNRS, France.
Jaco Geldenhuys, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Dimitra Giannakopoulou, NASA Ames, United States.
Stefania Gnesi, ISTI-CNR, Italy.
Lindsay Groves, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Stefan Gruner, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Anne E. Haxthausen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
Ian J. Hayes, University of Queensland, Australia.
Constance Heitmeyer, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375,
United States.
Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Shinichi Honiden, National Institute of Informatics, Japan.
Daniel Jackson, MIT, United States.
Cliff Jones, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Rajeev Joshi, Laboratory for Reliable Software, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, United States.
Peter Gorm Larsen, Aarhus School of Engineering, Denmark.
Axel Van Lamsweerde, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Gary T. Leavens, University of Central Florida, United States.
Yves Ledru, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble - Université Joseph
Fourier, France.
Michael Leuschel, University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
Brendan Mahony, DSTO, Australia.
Tom Maibaum, McMaster University, Canada.
Annabelle McIver, Macquarie University, Australia.
Dominique Mery, Université de Lorraine, LORIA, France.
Peter Müller, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Tobias Nipkow, TU München, Germany.
Colin O'Halloran, QinetiQ Ltd, United Kingdom.
Jose Oliveira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal.
Pekka Pihlajasaari, Data Abstraction (Pty) Ltd, South Africa.
André Platzer, Carnegie Mellon University, United States.
Zongyan Qiu, Peking University, China.
Ken Robinson, The University of New South Wales, Australia.
Andreas Roth, SAP Research, United States.
Abhik Roychoudhury, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Augusto Sampaio, Federal university of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Steve Schneider, University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
Emil Sekerinski, McMaster University, Canada.
Ketil Stoelen, SINTEF, Norway.
Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore.
Jing Sun, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Xiaoyu Song, Portland State University, United States.
Marcel Verhoef, Chess, Netherlands.
Willem Visser, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Chao Wang, Virginia Tech, United States.
Alan Wassyng, McMaster University, Canada.
Pamela Zave, AT&T Laboratories--Research, United States.
Lijun Zhang, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
Program Committee - Industry Track
Jun Sun, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore.
Cliff Jones, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Pekka Pihlajasaari, Data Abstraction (Pty) Ltd, South Africa.
Michael Holloway, NASA, United States.
Ralf Huuck, NICTA, Australia.
Ewen Denney, SGT/NASA Ames, United States.
Jim Grundy, Intel Corporation, United States.
Hongjun Zheng, MathWorks, United States.
Wolfgang Grieskamp, Google, United States.
Cristina Cifuentes, Oracle, Australia.
Jon Burton, Praxis, United Kingdom.